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New Muji pens have been bought. A walking route has been mapped out. There's a fresh Moleskine ready to go. Today, I join the Intercom team, and typing that alone makes me grin with excitement. Intercom is a company I have long admired. When a role on their
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I'm delighted to share that this space is a finalist in the Photo Blog category of this year's Littlewoods Ireland Blog Awards. I've been sharing photos here since 2009 (had to double check that before typing!) so I'm really thrilled to be
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I'm excited to share a little photo story of Ben and I getting tattooed while in San Francisco. While it was ever-so-slightly overshadowed by the other big life event 😉, it was nevertheless an incredibly exciting experience. Click through to see more, if you like. After much searching and
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You’ll risk screwing up, sure. You’ll risk ruining it all – the skills you’ve acquired, the small notoriety you’ve been given, the general comforts of knowing what the heck you’re doing, of feeling comfortable, of feeling good, of feeling right. The past eight months have brought
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– Roman Krznaric Guess what? I start a new job today! And if you were wondering, “didn’t you just start a job six months ago?” the answer would be yes. But if there’s one thing I’ve learned in the last six months (and I have learned A LOT)
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“We ate well and cheaply and drank well and cheaply and slept well and warm together and loved each other.” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast And I thought my trip to San Francisco couldn't get any better ;) Ben and I are thrilled to announce that we are engaged!
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Go on, fill your heart up with gladness Not a moment too soon So I will follow the feeling And sing fever to the form Cos the very thing you're afraid of, It keeps you clean but unclear Is the dirt that you're made of, And
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Listening to: this awesome Treat Yo Self playlist (thanks, Michelle!) and the brilliant podcast You Must Remember This, all about "the secret/forgotten histories of Hollywood’s first century". Planning: A trip to San Francisco! Ben and I will be there next month. I'll be shooting
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Why else would the springtime falter? Why would all our ardent longing bind itself in frozen, bitter pallor? After all, the bud was covered all the winter. What new thing is it that bursts and wears? Yes, of course it hurts when buds are breaking, hurts for that which grows
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Transformation is my word of 2016. There are a lot things I want to learn, places I want to go, new ways I want to grow and I want to be open to the transformation that that will bring. But, of course, I still want to stay myself. The last
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And a happy new year to all that is living To all that is gentle, kind, and forgiving Raise your glass and we'll have a cheer My dear acquaintance, a happy new year And whoosh, just like that, 2015 whizzed by. Like the rest of the year, these
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"The magic of mindfulness is not somehow converting ourselves into a perfect saintly being; it is simply being honest with what is happening and being interested in making it better." It can get hectic up in here at this time of year. The things I plan on doing